Apparatus for coating articles.



J. NAZEL.

APPARATUS FOR GOATING ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED 11113.24, 1909.

1,056,291, Patented Mar.18,1913.

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AUTOR/VE X J. NAZEL.

APMRATUS FOR COMING ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB, 24, 1909,

1,056,291. Patented Mar.13,1913.

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JOHN NAZEL, OF PHELADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FOR COATING ARTICLES.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. is, iota.

Application filed February 24, 1909. Serial No. 479,748.

To ad whom z'zf may concern.'

Be it known that l, JOHN Nazar., of the city of Philadelphia, county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Apparatus for Coating Articles, of which the followingis 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of part of the .constructionshown in Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a partial sectional plan View of thetraveling carrier mechanism and cams coacting therewith taken on theline 4-4 of Fig. 1.

The apparatus` as shown in the drawings, comprises the frame 1 havingjournaled thereon the sheaves or sprocket wheels 2, 3,

4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. The wheels 9 are ad#V justable in position bymeans of angular frame members comprising the struts 10 adapted to rockon the bearings 11 and arms 12 4engaged in adjustable relation tokeepers 13 by nuts 14, whereby may be adjusted the tension of a belt orsprocket Chains carried by the wheels. Sprocket chains 15 are carried bythe sprocket wheels and are connected by the cross bars 16, forming atraveling belt. Fixed on the cross bars 16 are the studs 17 and fixed onthe studs are the spindles 19 which carry on the ends thereof thebrackets 20. The respective brackets have connected therewith, by thejournals 21, levers, comprising the arms 22 and 23, forming tongs, thearms 23 being curved to form jaws adapted for holding the receptacles24. Cams 25 are supported by the frame, beneath the upper inclinedsection of the belt, in position to be engaged by and spread the arms 22to close the jaws 23 of the tongs. Cams 26 are supported by the frameand act on the arms 22 to move them toward each other, spreading thejaws 23 to open the tongs.

Magazines, comprising the chutes 27, are disposed above and in thevertical planes of the respective sets of tongs. Each magazine has at asideof its lower end a broad lever, comprising the arms 23 and 29carried by a shaft 30 journaled in a bearing 31. rllhe upper arm 28 hasconnected within it, by a movable bolt 32, a movable plate 33 bearingagainst a spring 34 which is sup'- ported by the arm. A projection 29extends inwardly from the lower end of the arm 29. An arm 35 is fixed outhe end of each shaft 30, in the path of an arm 36 carried by theforward bracket 20 of feach receptacle holder. The arms 36 acton thearms 35 to withdraw the projections 29 from their engagements with thelowermost Y receptacles 24, permitting the receptacles to drop intoholders beneath them and simultaneously the plates 33 are pressedagainst the bottoms of the next receptacles 24 to hold them in thechutes. C-oiled springs 37, on the respective shafts 36, have theirinner ends fixed to the corresponding chutes 27 and their outer endsfixed to the arms 35, whereby the latter are restored to their normalpositions, the plates withdrawn from their engagements with thereceptacles held thereby and the projections 29 moved into position tostop the descent of the released receptacles 24 at the bottom of thechutes.

A tank 38, adapted for holding a coating liquid, is placed beneath thewheels 8 at the bottom of the forward part of the frame and a fan 39 hasa nozzle 39 disposed to blow in the direction of travel of the beltsection extending from the wheel 8 to the wheel 9, in the plane of eachset of receptacle holders.

The belt being caused to travel in the direction of the arrow (Fig. 1),as by applying power to the wheels 5, and the tongs beingopen, when thearms 36 strike the arms 35 receptacles 24 are permitted -to drop intothe chairs or holders formed by the brackets 2() and the jaws 23, andas. the holders are ,carried forward the jaws-are closed, so that thereceptacles cannotdrop therefrom, by the engagement ofthe arms 22 withthe cams 25. A doube train of receptacles is thus delivered, engaged andcarried over the wheels 6 and 7, under the wheels. S, through thecoating solution in the tank 38, through the blast from the nozzles 39',over the wheels 9, and by way of the wheels 2, 3, and 4, and past thecams 26, which open the tongs and permit the receptacles to drop, coatedand dried.`

While the forego-ing apparatus isl designed primarily for use in coatingarticles, it will be' understood that it is adapted to be used forpassing articles through liquids tor any purpose, or otherwise` as acarrier simply.

Having described my invention, I claim:

l. In apparatus of the character described, atraveling belt, carriersfixed to said belt for holding receptacles thereon, a tanlr, meanswhereby said belt passes receptacles engaged by said carriers into andout of said tank, a magazine having mechanism for alternately holdin anddelivering receptacles, and means carried by said belt for operan ingsaid mechanism whereby receptacles are delivered to said carriers. 2. Inapparatus of the character described, a set of travelin carriers adaptedfor holding articles, a c ute having thereon a pivoted lever adapted foralternately engaging the ends of, and releasing tubular articles in saidchute, and mechanism whereby said lever is operated and said articlesare delivered to said carriers, said mechanism coinprising a spring forholding said lever in iniaaai its normal position and an arin operatedby parts on said carriers for moving said lever against the action ofsaid spring.

3. In apparatus of the character described, a traveling belt, on saidbelt a set of traveling carriers having movable jaws adapted tor holdinreceptacles, a chute having thereon a ulcruined lever with means forengaging successive receptacles alternately, an arm connected with saidlever tor operating it, means on said carriers for operating said armwhereby said lever is operated to release a receptacle fromsaid chuteand permit it to be delivered to a carrier, means for closing said jawsand holding said receptacles delivered to said carriers, a tank adaptedfor containing a liuid through which said carriers convey saireceptacles,

and means for opening said jaws to permit said. receptacles to bedelivered from said carriers.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my naine this 20th da ofFebruary, 1909, in the presence of the su scribing witnesses.

JOHN NAZEL.

Witnesses:

dos. G. Denier, Jr., Roni. R. Krrcnnr..

